Joshua 13:11
in Joshua 13also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
KJV
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd Gilead,.... The land of Gilead, which was part of the kingdom of Og, half of which was given to Reuben, and the other half to Gad: and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites; of which see Deu 3:14, and all Mount Hermon; called also Sirion, Shenir, and Sion, Deu 3:9, and all Bashan unto Salcah; another part of the dominions of Og, Deu 3:10.
This site's exposition
along with the Reubenites and Gadites
on Joshua 13:8-14
The east side is land Moses had already given, so Sihon and Og's defeat and the request of Numbers 32 stand without being reopened. Geshur and Maacath "dwell among the Israelites to this day", and Henry lays that on Israel's faith, prayers and endeavours rather than on God's promise.
This site's exposition
all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah
Mount Hermon marks the northern end of the eastern grant. John Gill notes its other names from Deuteronomy 3:9, where the Sidonians call it Sirion and the Amorites Senir. John Wesley reads the land of the Geshurites and Maacathites as granted before Israel held it, which verse 13 confirms.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Maacathites - Whose land God had given to the Israelites without Jordan, though they had not yet used the gift of God, nor taken possession of it, as is noted, ver. 13.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Border of the Geshurites - See on Jos 12:5 (note).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
From the remnant of the giants— who were slain by Kedorlaomeir and the kings who were aligned with him, as it is said, “And they struck the Rephaim in Ashteros Karnayim.” 8 Bereishis:5.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַגִּלְעָ֞ד | vehagilad | and <the> Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וּגְב֧וּל | ugevul | and [the] territory of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י | hageshuri | the Geshurite[s] | H1651 → | 6 times |
| וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֗י | vehamaakhati | and the Maacathite[s] | H4602 → | 8 times |
| וְכֹ֨ל | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַ֥ר | har | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| חֶרְמ֛וֹן | chermon | Hermon | H2768 → | 13 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַבָּשָׁ֖ן | habashan | <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| סַלְכָֽה׃ | salkhah | Salecah | H5548 → |
וְהַגִּלְעָ֞דand <the> Gilead
vehagiladH1568 →134 times
וּגְב֧וּלand [the] territory of
ugevulH1366 →240 times
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣יthe Geshurite[s]
hageshuriH1651 →6 times
וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֗יand the Maacathite[s]
vehamaakhatiH4602 →8 times
וְכֹ֨לand all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַ֥ר[the] mountain of
harH2022 →546 times
חֶרְמ֛וֹןHermon
chermonH2768 →13 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַבָּשָׁ֖ן<the> Bashan
habashanH1316 →60 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
סַלְכָֽה׃Salecah
salkhahH5548 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 2:23But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
it leads to
- Joshua 13:30
The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
- Numbers 32:41–42
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this…
- 2 Samuel 13:38
After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
- Joshua 13:13
but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
- Joshua 13:30
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.